Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

If a boy messes up, you walk away. If a boy isn't treating you right, you walk away. It sounds simpler than it is, but you can't allow yourself to be disrespected. You have to be a strong girl.

As women, we need to remember: don't be a doormat!

Nobody walks over me, ever, and no-one will walk over me, ever.

I feel like I let people know I'm not a toy.

Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.

I didn't write my book, 'I Don't Care About Your Band,' in order to give women a brand-new set of dating rules they need to feel terrible about not abiding. I wrote my book to make the women who read it feel good about themselves, and a little more entitled to be treated well by the guys they go out with.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

What I wish for myself is that I could be the kind of person who just goes, 'This is what I need,' and doesn't feel bad about it.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

The power of 'no' means you're educating people in how to treat you.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

I do not let anyone use me and throw me.

I want the ladies to respect themselves.

What I'm trying to say to girls is don't let these guys be in your head.

I have learned that it's OK for me to say no to things.

I'm trying to hold my head high and not apologize and be nice all the time because that's not always necessary.

If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I'm going to be a woman of dignity.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

I'm careful with my heart. I don't take crap from no one these days. I put my foot down. Being a woman, you deserve heaven and earth.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.